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It's either this: A White Volvo V40 D3 ES
https://tinyurl.com/Volvo-V40-White
Or this: A Silver Mazda 3 SE-L Nav
https://tinyurl.com/mazda3-Silver
The Volvo is a 2.0L Diesel, no toys to speak of other than cruise control & bluetooth. It averages 49.1 mpg (real mpg), does 0-60 in 9.3s. 5 Star NCAP, Insurance Group 21.
The Mazda is a 2.2L Diesel, with heated seats, sat nav, 7" touch screen, cruise control & bluetooth. It averages 49.7 mpg, 0-60 in 7.8s. 5 Star NCAP, Insurance Group 24.
Both have full service history. The Volvo is £500 more but has done 17,700 miles less. The Mazda is a Euro 6 emissions engine and the Volvo only manages Euro 5.
WHICH ONE SHOULD I CHOOSE ?!!!
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT !!!!
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Plus the Mazda has better performance, better economy despite that and its larger engine, and thus is just a better car.
It also looks MUCH better. And it's cheaper.
No brainer. Don't worry about the mileage.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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To be fair I owned a BMW with the n47 diesel engine which had known timing chain issues, but I wouldn't hold onto it out of warranty
This.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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I don't know if that will affect me at all, 6 is one more than 5 innit....
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We traded in our Jag XF euro 5 in December: the dealer is still trying to shift it but has dropped the price to only £1500 more than they gave us in part-ex. They must have spent at least £500 on sorting it out too as it needed an MOT, a new tyre, wiper blades, some dings knocking out and the wheels repainting.
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The miles that I do I wanted a Petrol, and I had a Yaris SR before that, a 1.8L one, so wanted something more powerful…its quite easy really.
1 - I wanted something small, hatchback
2 - I wanted only a few brands, I didn't want Vauxhall, no french cars
3 - Randomly I had to have Xenons too.
I narrowed it down to BMW 130i, 125i. I looked at Golf GTI but ruled them out because I just found them too common and boring to look at. Audi TT, BMW Z4, Volvo C30. I basically set my sights on more cylinders which limits the choices somewhat.
But what really pushed things was my old car was due an MOT, an MOT that i knew 100% it would fail as it had developed hole in the exhaust before the cat, it sounded like a de-cat, muffler delete car, this was a month before the MOT. I also was going away out of the country for a week around the MOT time so I had about 2 months to find a car. Basically I checked Autotrader everyday on the 3 cars that I liked. I saw my current car came out on an ad, called up the dealer, asked a few questions, paid deposit to buy the car subject to inspection on the phone and drove up a few days later to part-ex my car for it.
It was really as simple as having a car i want, a car popped up, paid and bought.
found it.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/69176/so-i-think-my-car-is-pretty-much-on-its-last-legs/p1
Then bought one.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/70360/ncd-a-227bhp-volvo/p1
You may need to be less picky about colour, mileage and service history at the price you can afford.
Look for a car which is in good condition rather than low mileage - a lower number of longer journeys adds the miles, but is less hard on the car - and if you’re worried then pay for a full service yourself... service history is meaningless by itself. And you don’t see the colour when you’re on the inside.
And don’t buy a diesel, unless you’re doing huge miles... you’re still paying too much and buying trouble.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein